It's byelection day in Hyde Park and Woodhouse ward as voters go the the polls to decide who they want to represent them on Leeds city council.

I've already previewed the candidates and issues affecting the ward, and I'll be in the area during the day to see what the mood is at the polling stations.

Also today, I'll be at a local politics question time at the City Inn this evening - Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland will be there, among others.

Residents in the leafy suburb of Roundhay have created a protection plan to maintain the suburb's character after four years of work, reports the YEP. Locals formed the Roundhay Planning Forum to create the very first neighbourhood design statement in the city to cover the whole of the ward.

The original work of both internationally renowned masters and contemporary emerging artists and an opportunity to buy up-and-coming, affordable art in the surroundings of a friendly and relaxed gallery space is on offer in Leeds, reports Creative Boom.

A new cricket museum is due to open at Headingley in the autumn, reports the YEP.

Fairtrade Fortnight will have loads of events going on in Leeds - check out the latest here.

Cones and condoms don't mix, according to a Leeds city centre ice cream seller. Johnny Marrocco, who has had his pitch in Briggate for more than a decade, said the NHS Leeds Sexual Health team's "Sex in the City" marquee offering chlamydia testing and glow in the dark condoms was inappropriately sited next to his ice cream van.